Search Strategy Quiz
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- 1.Why should you use a search strategy?
- A.
To focus your searching
- B.
To ensure you will find relevant material
- C.
To save you time when searching databases
- D.
All of the above
- 2.Using a search engine such as Google to search for items on "The depletion of the ozone layer and the impact on health," you would use the words:
- A.
Impact, depletion, ozone layer, health
- B.
Ozone layer, health
- C.
Ozone layer
- D.
Skin cancer, ozone layer
- E.
None of the above
- F.
Don't know
- 3.You have to write a paper on the “treatment of depression”. Which search strategy would find the least number of documents:
- A.
Depression AND psychotherapy Depression AND psychotherapy
- B.
Depression OR psychotherapy OR antidepressants
- C.
Depression AND psychotherapy AND antidepressants
- D.
Depression
- E.
Don't know
- 4.If you wanted to search for documents with the words cancer, cancerous or cancers what would you type in the search box?
- A.
Cancer, cancerous OR cancers
- B.
Cancer, cancerous AND cancers
- C.
Cancer*
- D.
Cancer AND cancerous AND cancers
- 5.You are looking for articles written about East Germany before 1990, how would you refine your search?
- A.
By language
- B.
By date
- C.
By article type
- D.
By author
- 6.When conducting a systematic/literature review what is it important to do?
- A.
Use a different search strategy for each database
- B.
Use the same strategy for each database
- C.
Only use one database
- D.
Don't use a strategy
- 7.If you have searched using your topic keywords and you aren’t retrieving many results, what should you always do?
- A.
Use synonyms for your search terms
- B.
Use a different database
- C.
Use only the results you've retrieved
- D.
Don't know
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